Morg's anniversary spectacular continues... A few of the dates in the original were off due to usage of the lunar calendar. These should have now been fixed and some new details have been added. Comments and corrections are most welcome.

AD 184 Zhong Ping 1st year (Age 30)
Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebel, Dong Zhuo is sent against them but is unsuccessful.
Yellow Turban Rebellion begins.
Cao Cao is made Commander of the Cavalry.
Liu Bei raises a volunteer force against the rebels.

AD 196 Jian'an 1st year (Age 42)
Cao Cao defeats the Yellow Turbans at Ru'nan.
Cao Cao moves to support the Emperor and moves the capital to Xuchang.
Liu Bei joins Cao Cao after Xia Pi is taken from him by Lu Bu.

Lady Wu wrote:Hey Morg, I think it'd still be ok if you want to put the lunar months back in.

I decided against the lunar dates. Originally I taken the quoted months and assumed they were in the current calendar (as in 'first month' becoming January, rather than November) which led to the chronology being incorrect. This was more evident in the Liu Shan one than Cao Cao's though. However, I honestly believe that it is probably better to leave those dates out as most people will make the same mistake that I did and it will only lead to confusion down the road.

Also, who led the rebellion in the capital against Cao Cao?

Aha! I know the answer to this one...unlike your questions in that damn quiz...

Cao Cao's SGZ bio wrote:In the first month of the twenty-third year [218] the Prefect Grand Physician Jie Ben, Privy Treasurer Geng Ji, and the Director of Uprightness Wei Huang and others rebelled and besieged Xu, and razed the Regular Attendant of the Lieutenant Chancellor, Wang Bi's barracks. Wang Bi and Yan Kuang, Yingchuan Director of Agriculture General of the Gentlemen of the Household, subdued and beheaded them.

I will edit in those details to the chronology.

"If you do not turn your back on me, I shall not on you." - Cao Cao to Pang De

Ok, I went and checked. The historical character who led the rebellion was 吉本 (Ji Ben), whereas the one in the novel (fingerless dude) was 吉平. "Ben" and "Ping" being sorta similar in form, it's conceivable that storytellers through the ages made a mistake somewhere. I'm positive they refer to the same person.

This is sort of like how the historical 傅肜(Fu Rong) became 傅彤 (Fu Tong) in the novel.

I forgot to say this before, but thank you very much Morg for making this. It's most excellent.

"Whatever you do, don't fall off the bridge! It'll be a pain to try to get back up again." - Private, DW 8